NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX vs ATI Radeon 9000

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and ATI Radeon 9000 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

ATI Radeon 9000

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 4 month(s) later
2.3x more core clock speed: 576 MHz vs 250 MHz
36.8x more texture fill rate: 36.8 billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 90 nm vs 150 nm
12x more maximum memory size: 768 MB vs 64 MB
2.3x more memory clock speed: 900 MHz vs 400 MHz
144.8x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 579 vs 4

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 November 2006 vs 1 July 2002
Core clock speed	576 MHz vs 250 MHz
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec vs 1 GTexel / s
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm vs 150 nm
Maximum memory size	768 MB vs 64 MB
Memory clock speed	900 MHz vs 400 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	579 vs 4

Reasons to consider the ATI Radeon 9000

5.5x lower typical power consumption: 28 Watt vs 155 Watt
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 123 vs 92

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	28 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	123 vs 92

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
GPU 2: ATI Radeon 9000

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

579

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

123

Name	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	ATI Radeon 9000
PassMark - G3D Mark	579	4
PassMark - G2D Mark	92	123
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3349
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3349

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX	ATI Radeon 9000
Essentials
Architecture	Tesla	Rage 7
Code name	G80	RV250
Launch date	8 November 2006	1 July 2002
Launch price (MSRP)	$599
Place in performance rating	1291	1294
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	576 MHz	250 MHz
CUDA cores	575
Floating-point performance	345.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	90 nm	150 nm
Pipelines	128
Texture fill rate	36.8 billion / sec	1 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	155 Watt	28 Watt
Transistor count	681 million	36 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video	1x DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 1.0 x16	AGP 4x
Length	270 mm
Supplementary power connectors	2x 6-pin	None
API support
DirectX	10.0	8.1
OpenGL	3.3	1.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	768 MB	64 MB
Memory bandwidth	86.4 GB / s	6.4 GB / s
Memory bus width	384 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	900 MHz	400 MHz
Memory type	GDDR3	DDR
Technologies
SLI